5 Alert Signs To Change Your Mattress .. 1 of them is Completely Enough

You may not see but your mattress which is 10 years old can be one reason that you wake up with a back ache and tired every morning.

Also you may notice that you are getting intolerably insect bites around your back and legs … simply you need to change the mattress.

You may have even noticed that you are not able to get a good sleep from last six months. If you agree to anyone of these situation mentioned above then probably it is the time to change your mattress.

To understand better below given are some common signs that you should get of your old mattress and get a new one.

Change your mattress if used more than 8-10 years:

Many people sleep on the same bed and same mattress from the day they get married and use it until their kids gets married. Mattress is something that we use it for one third of our lives and should be properly maintained.

The average span of a good mattress is 8 to 10 years. Mattresses made of good and durable material like the super fine quality airbeds and innerspring mattress with the help of wire coils can be used up to 10 years.

But you will find mattress which does not come very durable. They are made of soft materials and posses a short life span. These type of mattress made from low end foam may last for 5 to 7 years. Hence you should keep a thought about this and change your mattress accordingly.

Your mattress is deformed and you wake up with back ache:

A mattress which is sagging is the biggest surefire sign that you should now consider mattress changing. For people who are heavy and obese sagging is more noticeable.

A part or the portion of your mattress sage as most of pressure is directed there. A sagging mattress can also be a major reason that you wake up with a back ache.

Such mattress loses its firmness and gives you a soft feel, the mattress then makes your body to skin into it and does not allow you to move freely. Of course you need a firm mattress to turn freely and avoid back pain. To avoid such back pain you should use a firm and good mattress which is not saggy.

Bed bugs might have taken refuge into the mattress:

You don’t have to think a lot about how you are getting insect and bug bites when you are very much sure that there are no insects and mosquitoes in your room. Bed bugs are responsible for them.

One major reason you may get bed bugs in your mattress is that your mattress isn’t cleaned regularly. Also too old mattress can also be one factor. Because you have been using the same mattress for so long, dirt and dust might have entered and accumulated inside.

Apart from bed bugs, the mattress might also be having germs, dust mites and allergens. So keep this factor in mind as this can even give you skin rashes and other skin allergies, and consider changing the mattress.

You don’t fit properly into your bed:

You might only have a single bed and mattress from last 5 years. Definitely you have grown over the time. You may have even gained a lot of weight in the last 5 years.

You can keep that small bed and keep struggling whole night for 8 long hours and get a terrible back pain. Apart from the size issue, there may be chances that your preferences have been changed.

This may happen because you simply need a change or maybe you have developed back pain problem recently. Also you may now a family and the mattress is not comfortable for you. All these signs show that you need to change your mattress.

You fight a lot with your partner:

This might sound a bit weird to you… Doesn’t it? Well this is possible. Here we are not suggesting you to change your mattress if you are having a trouble relation with your partner.

The point here is mostly beds which were manufactured long ago were not equipped with the feature that lowers motion transfer. (Less Partner Disturbance)

When you try to sleep on your bed, even when you are too tired the constant turning and tossing of your partner can awaken you and you may also get back pain.

However thanks to the modern technology. The newly made mattresses have got the ability to distribute your weight evenly on the bed and that results into less motion transfer. This means even when your partner turns and tosses you will not feel it.

Conclusion :

Changing the mattress is very vital in our life .. It accompanies you for about (1/3) of our life.